Reproductive genome editing interventions are therapeutic, sometimes

In this paper I argue that some human reproductive genome editing interventions can be therapeutic in nature, and thus that it is false that all such interventions just create healthy individuals. I do this by showing that the conditions established by a therapy definition are met by certain reprodu...

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1. VerfasserIn: Palacios-González, César (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: Bioethics
Jahr: 2021, Band: 35, Heft: 6, Seiten: 557-562
IxTheo Notationen:NCH Medizinische Ethik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Therapy
B Genome Editing
B CRISPR
B Assisted Reproduction
B germline editing
B gene editing
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper I argue that some human reproductive genome editing interventions can be therapeutic in nature, and thus that it is false that all such interventions just create healthy individuals. I do this by showing that the conditions established by a therapy definition are met by certain reproductive genome editing interventions. I then defend this position against two objections: (a) reproductive genome editing interventions do not attain one of the two conditions for something to be a therapy, and (b) some reproductive genome editing interventions are therapeutic but in a nonstandard way. In the Conclusion I call for a more nuanced discussion of the nature of reproductive genome editing interventions.
ISSN:1467-8519
Enthält:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12846